Malleret Report: Vaucelles has found her game
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Tuesday, July 14, ParisLongchamp. - The Prix de Malleret (Gr2), a 3-year-old fillies race run over 1m4f, produced a fascinating finish. On the post, Vaucelles (Le Havre), bred and owned by Gérard Augustin-Normand, managed to take almost a length over the British raider Oriental Mystique (Kingman), who had gone from 5th and last to first entering the straight and long looked like the winner but was finally unable to hold her faster rival.
2.5 lengths behind, Mozzarella (Power) managed to take over the favourite Bonne Idée (Frankel) for 3rd place.
Trained at Chantilly by Pascal Bary, Vaucelles had won well for her debut in may in Deauville over 1m2f, beating a favourite that proved disappointing later on. As for Vaucelles, she went on to finish 4th in the Saxon Warrior Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Gr1), running green and opened to further progress. For her first time over such a long distance, she beat the Prix du Lys boys by 1.5 seconds.
Vaucelles is the 2nd foal out of Vaunoise (Teofilo), winner of four races and also the dam of the unraced Campagnolles (Le Havre), sold for €7,000 at the Arqana Breeding sales last December.
A 2yo colt by Le Havre is in training with Jérôme Reynier and there a Caravaggio filly born in 2019 to follow.